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Japanese karateka (born 1952)

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Minoru Kawawada
Born	(1952-01-16) 16 January 1952 (age 73) Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Style	Shotokan Karate
Teacher(s)	Masatoshi Nakayama
Rank	7th Dan karate (JKA)

Minoru Kawawada (born 16 January 1952) is a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He has won the JKA's version of the world championships for both kata and kumite, and has also won the JKA All-Japan Championships for kata on 2 occasions. He is currently the Vice General Manager of the Japan Karate Association Technical Division, and an instructor at their headquarters dojo, as well as the famous Hoitsugan dojo founded by Masatoshi Nakayama.

Biography

Minoru Kawawada was born in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan on 16 January 1952. He studied at Takushoku University. His karate training began during his 1st year of high school.

Competition

Minoru Kawawada has had considerable success in karate competition.

Major Tournament Success

30th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1987) - Tournament Grand Champion; 1st Place Kata; 3rd Place Kumite
29th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1986) - 1st Place Kata
1st Shoto World Cup Karate Championship Tournament (Tokyo, 1985) - 1st Place Kumite; 1st Place Kata
28th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (1985) - 3rd Place Kumite

References

^ JKA: Instructor profiles – Sensei Minoru Kawawada 7th Dan Retrieved on 20 January 2017.
JKA Instructors Retrieved on 20 January 2017.
Hoitsugan Dojo - Instruction Retrieved on 20 January 2017.

v t e JKA World Champions - Male Kumite
1975 to 1983 - IAKF World Championships	1975: Masahiko Tanaka 1977: Masahiko Tanaka 1980: Toshihiro Mori 1983: Hideo Yamamoto
1985 - 2004 - Shoto Cup	1985: Minoru Kawawada 1987: Tomio Imamura 1990: Masayoshi Kagawa 1992: Tomio Imamura 1994: Pavlo Protopapa 1996: Don Sharp 1998*: Toshihito Kokubun 2000: Toshihito Kokubun 2004: Koji Ogata
2006 - present Funakoshi Gichin Cup	2006: Koji Ogata 2011: Rikiya Iimura
Notes	Between 1990 and 1999 there was a legal dispute between two groups claiming to be the official JKA - the Nakahara faction and the Matsuno faction. Before the dispute was settled in favour of the Nakahara faction both groups held world championships under the banner of the JKA. The results of the JKA (Matsuno faction) world championships are not detailed above.

v t e JKA All-Japan Male Champions - Kata
1957 to 1989	1957: Hiroshi Shoji 1958: Hirokazu Kanazawa 1959: Takayuki Mikami 1960: Hiroshi Shoji 1961: Takayuki Mikami 1962: Hiroshi Shirai 1963: Tetsuhiko Asai 1965: Masaaki Ueki 1966: Hideo Ochi 1967: Masaaki Ueki 1968: Masaaki Ueki 1969: Hideo Ochi 1970: Yoshimasa Takahashi 1971: Masaaki Ueki 1972: Yoshimasa Takahashi 1973: Yoshimasa Takahashi 1974: Masaaki Ueki 1975: Masaaki Ueki 1976: Hideo Ochi 1978: Yoshiharu Osaka 1979: Yoshiharu Osaka 1980: Yoshiharu Osaka 1981: Yoshiharu Osaka 1982: Yoshiharu Osaka 1983: Yoshiharu Osaka 1984: Mikio Yahara 1985: Masayoshi Kagawa 1986: Minoru Kawawada 1987: Minoru Kawawada 1988: Naito Takashi Hashiguchi 1989: Tomoyuki Aihara
1990 - 1999	1990**: Tomoyuki Aihara]] 1991: Tomoyuki Aihara 1992: Takenori Imura 1993: Takenori Imura 1994: Takenori Imura 1995: Takenori Imura 1996: Takenori Imura 1997: Seizo Izumiya 1998: Yuji Hashiguchi 1999: Takuya Taniyama
2000 - present	2000: Takuya Taniyama 2001: Katsutoshi Shiina 2002: Katsutoshi Shiina 2003: Takuya Taniyama 2004: Katsutoshi Shiina 2005: Kunio Kobayashi 2006: Kazuaki Kurihara 2007: Kazuaki Kurihara 2008: Kunio Kobayashi 2009: Kazuaki Kurihara 2010: Kazuaki Kurihara 2011: Kazuaki Kurihara 2012: Kazuaki Kurihara 2013: Kazuaki Kurihara

v t e JKA World Champions - Male Kata
1975 to 1983 - IAKF World Championships	1975: Yoshiharu Osaka 1977: Yoshiharu Osaka 1980: Yoshiharu Osaka 1983: Yoshiharu Osaka
1985 - 2004 - Shoto Cup	1985: Minoru Kawawada 1987: Takenori Imura 1990**: Tomoyuri Aihara 1992: Tomoyuri Aihara 1994: Takenori Imura 1996: Takenori Imura 1998: Yuji Hashiguchi 2000: Takuya Taniyama 2004: Katsutoshi Shiina
2006 - present Funakoshi Gichin Cup	2006: Kazuaki Kurihara 2011: Kazuaki Kurihara

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